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Pint size flask

American
1826
Object Place: Philadelphia, PA, United States

Medium/Technique Glass, molded
Credit Line William H. Fenn III Glass Collection
Accession Number1978.699
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsGlass

DescriptionFlask bottle with obverse showing three quarter view of Washington in uniform and words GENERAL WASHINGTON written in semicircle above bust Reverse shows American eagle, head turned to the right. Shield with 7 bars on breast, wings partly raised and right foreshadowed. Thunder bolt ( 5 arrows) in its right talons, large olive branch in left. Sunrays above eagle's head. Eagle stands on oval frame with inner band of 28 small pearls. " E Pluribus Unum" in semicircle above sunrays. In oval frame "T.W.D>" Edges arevertically ribbed and inscribed "Adams+ Jefferson July 4, A.D. 1776"
and "Kensington Glass Works Philadelphia" Three small stars after 1776

G1-14- Wilson+ Mckearin- American Bottles =Flasks
Marks pontil mark